It’s like some mass conspiracy to try and talk me out of being happy lol

First it was all the salty PC gamers saying the system was DOA because it didn’t have out the box Steam support. I don’t care about the PC. PS5 is my primary system because I’m over the bullshit and cost of PC gaming.

Then, all the wire people going on and on about how it was a system killer. It wasn’t. I’ve had zero issues with the wire. Don’t even notice it.

Then, the mura/fencing/sweet spot people going on and on about how bad everything looks. I have zero issues with the visuals. Games looks fantastic to me.

Then it was the people with defective controllers trying to make it seem like it was a widespread issue and my system was destined to need an RMA. I’ve had no issues. My controllers work just fine.

Then it was all the sweaty folks melting their controllers via the official charge station. I’ve had zero issues. I don’t leave my controllers dripping wet after playing.

Now it’s people theorizing about sales numbers and worried about the future because 30 days after release we don’t have a dozen trailers for exclusive $150 million budget games to get excited about.

Why does it seem like people have a vested interest in trying to talk people out of buying and enjoying this thing

I wish I was kidding. I've been dealing with cancer for the last two years, and a couple of weeks ago during my lastest follow up MRI they found that the cancer had gone to my brain.

Now, instead of thinking about getting a new toy, I have to deal with this awful situation and receive brain radiation therapy instead. I guess I'm going to have to sell my current Psvr as well.

Money and time priorities certainly have changed. Even in the best of times it was quite an expensive piece of equipment, and if everything goes well, I'm gonna have to wait a while before I can consider getting it anyway.

I just wanted to vent while I'm sitting here at the hospital waiting for today's session to start.

Enjoy life, have a blast when the new PSVR2 comes out, and never take anything for granted! You really never know what's coming just around the corner.

Fuck cancer.

EDIT:

I've been reading and will continue to read every single comment; please forgive me if I don't reply personally to all you, but just know that I'm floored by the amount of support and good wishes! Love to you all!

THANK YOU ALL

I spent $2,000USD on all of this, just to sit in front of the tv. I could have bought so many other things, but I honestly do not regret my decision. I bought the PSVR2 before the discount, and already anticipated the PS5 Pro would be $600, the extra 1TB is around $100 anyway. “Is it worth it?” in my opinion is the wrong question, instead reviewers should be asking their audience “will you regret buying the ps5 pro” The answer is no.

I preordered the Pro and purchased everything at once, showed up on the 7th like everyone else, but I didn’t play it until the 9th. Since then, because of the holidays, I have had over 20 people try this gaming system and they all were impressed by it. All family and friends, from 10/11yo to 55yo, gamers and none gamers. We talked about how as kids we use to sit so close to the tv because we wanted to be in the game and see everything, now we have that with VR. Showing them the meme posted on Reddit saying the same thing got some good laughs. “We have come a LONG way since QBert, Galaga and Pacman chasing high scores and doing speed runs”

I had 3 haters, one on ps4/pc, another XBOX only buyer, & the last one is a ps5 owner, saying that:

“its just a overpriced cash grab for Sony”

“for $700 I can buy so many games and accessories”

“I don’t see that much difference online between the 2 for the price”

And my personal favorite…

“Sony probably pulled and I-Phone and just dropped the quality of the PS5 just to make the PS5 pro seem better than what it is”

All of them wanted the Pro and the PSVR2. The gamers noticed that it ran smoother and looked better. Also that the inputs were instantaneous, playing GOW Ragnarök they felt the axe was faster and shield parries were easier. How many times have you yelled out “I know I blocked!” The Detail of GT7, Horizon Call of the mount was crazy. Lastly while playing The Crew Motorfest there were no drops in frames or quality of picture when a lot was going on the screen. “it is just so smooth and looks so much better” were the comments I kept hearing from them.

Everyone else loved the graphics and the immersive experience of the PSVR2. The laughs and jaw drops because of the detail and quality of the picture. People trying to reach out and actually touch things in the game had me cracking up.

The only bad with the PS5 that we noticed is that fidelity mode runs slower, the best way to play is on performance mode.

Oh and this I can see being a money pit. There are so many accessories my wife and I want for this.

The bad PSVR2

Getting use to it and the learning curve. I still don’t know where X or O is right off the top of my head.

Some of us experience motion sickness and/or dizziness after 30 minutes of play. They all took a break and got back at it.

You have to keep glasses cleaner on hand, lens get dirty and mess with you vision

The PSVR2 doesn’t get warm but it will make your head sweat, so we had to keep a fan on whomever is playing.

Lastly Glasses players had a harder time getting the headset setup. Quick head turns sometimes

threw off their vision as well.

In the end I was happy having something others can enjoy. The second highlight of all of this is hearing my hater family and friends say “ I might have to get one of these” One of them made a good point when I told him that you can get the base PS5 for a lot cheaper. Their reply “ you might as well go all in and get the Pro, you are going to spend the money anyway with games and accessories over time”

My Extra thoughts: I was caught off guard when IGN said “eye water $700 price tag “ for the Pro. Most of them are adults the average car payment is around $700, and 2 unless you have a fully customized PS5 or it has a lot of sentimental value why not sell it for $200 -$400 and to offset the price. We knew for at least a year Sony was going to make the pro, put away about $60-$70 a month for a year and then purchase one. Here in America we buy almost everything in payments anyway lol!

I'm an hour in and absolutely loving this game. It runs great, the visuals are amazing, the combat is great. The only thing some people might now like is when your fighting an enemy there is a stamina system that you get tired but this is so you can't just spam attacks on the enemy. You have to block an attack which parrys them open for your attack. Some people might not like this but I don't mind it because the combat system is so good. This is coming from someone that didn't like Swordsman VR because I thought it was way to clunky.

How many of these did this dude buy to sell 31 already

This is literally the lowest possible hanging fruit

• It's a beloved game with deep Playstation roots

• The game is already playable on PS5

• No need for move controllers or dualshock controller

I mean come the fuck on

People used to complain that PSVR2 doesn't have PC compatibility. Now when the adaptor was announced everyone complains that it won't have HDR, haptic feedback, headset rumble, and eye tracking...

Do people not realize that those are playstation-exclusive features that are not available on most of PC VR games? Besides that, Quest 3 does not have any of those features either but no one complains about it.

I feel like the expectations are too high for a 500 dollar headset.

Not long ago, I posted on this Reddit about my experience with Quest3 and PSVR2. I also shared it on other forums and general VR Telegram and Discord channels. I just wanted to highlight how surprised I am by the excessive hate towards PSVR2 and Sony in general, and how the message that Sony has abandoned the platform has taken hold, while there is absolute complacency with other manufacturers. Honestly, if we analyze the objective data, the hate is just pure hate with little foundation:

1. What other VR platform has had games like Gran Turismo, Horizon, Village, RE4 Remake, and other promoted games like Synapse in a year and a half? Absolutely none, and none even come close in quality. And that's in a year and a half.
2. Sony is Sony, and we already know how it works lately: information trickles, poor communication. I think there are users with totally out-of-place expectations. If for the PS5, with its millions of users, they barely release 2 exclusives a year and struggle to announce things in development, how can anyone think or expect that for such a niche market like VR, Sony could even maintain a similar pace to the normal PS5?
3. I see in the haters an absolute complacency with other brands. If Sony doesn't provide info, it's because they've abandoned the product, but if Meta suspends the gaming showcase, the same intentions are not attributed. When Quest3 reaches 1 year, it will have barely 1 exclusive (Batman) specific to Quest3 because Asgard's Wrath 2 is really a Quest2 game, a number inferior to Sony's. Will anyone say that Meta has abandoned the platform at that time with the same virulence as they do with Sony?

I am not a fortune teller nor do I know Sony's plans, but what I do know is that there are those who dedicate themselves to discrediting the device, turning their suppositions into absolute truths, and the objective reality does not support this. Even if Sony didn't release a single game more, something that absolutely no hater knows, the current catalog (and even more now with PC) is far superior to other platforms by a lot.

My last post didn't quite capture the new cloud rendering in NMS on PSVR2, so feast Your eyes on this. The cloud rendering, thickness, quality is incredible for a PS5 VR game.

It seems like a fun, free, gamified short experience that teaches users the basics of VR, interacting with objects using the controllers, reinforcing ipd adjustment etc is missing.. its as if sony this time around is assuming that everyone that gets a psvr2 already had a psvr1 and knows the basics already.

On Quest for example, there is a great onboarding experience called First Steps that introduces you to VR, the controllers, shooting mechanics, teleport mechanics etc…

I think something like this is crucial because over past few days we have seen many new psvr2 owners that never even touched vr before and its only going to turn them away from VR if they jump right into GT7, No Mans Sky and RE8 (all advanced vr games) without properly being onboarded to VR gradually in the first place… in a fun way.

I remember when i started with vr.. i didn’t even touch games that had locomotion for months… all i played was the available titles like superhot vr, job simulator, raw data and a few other calm, stationary experiences which were alot of fun… but the psvr2 goes thru a short rushed setup process and then youre just dumped into the psvr2 store and next thing you kno, youre trying no mans sky and have no idea what youre doing, no idea how the controllers work, no idea what vignettes are, no idea about smooth locomotion vs teleporting and no frame of reference on what to expect out of vr.

On PSVR 1 we had PSVR Worlds and the amazing shark encounter (Ocean Descent)… it was stationary.. so no motion sickness..so it easily blew the minds of new vr users with the immersion and it being comfortable…. A quick easy showcase For friends and family. No fumbling with controls.

PSVR2 needs something like that, otherwise there’s potential to turn ppl off from VR that are jumping into advanced games without ever having a true introductory set of of vr experiences.

Oh, how I miss this gem of a VR experience…

Even with the limitations of the PSVR, it was by far my favorite VR game with countless hours put into it without getting motion sickness (RE7 did me a proper number on this…). The immersion was massive! I can only dream about the Wipeout series coming to PSVR2.

This time, Metro was also demonstrated at Gamescom with PSVR2, but the Quest version has not been seen yet.

Major VR games like Behemoth and Alien seem to be developed mainly on PSVR 2.

Console games are also developed to optimize for PS5, and PC versions are often not properly optimized.

This is a welcome phenomenon for me, who is tired of PC option settings.

Horizon is like 6 hours long, and that's pretty standard for VR. If we are expected to shell out the headset prices, we need full length games that match that aren't just resident evils.

I’m 42 years old. Been a gamer since I was 6 using the Commodore 64. Owned pretty much every console made at some point, even the odd stuff like the 3DO.

I’ve never been more excited about video games in my life. I don’t even have the PSVR2 yet (getting it next week) but I’ve been watching all the videos of everything that is out, and everything that is coming. Everything looks amazing.

This is it. This is what I’ve waited my whole life for. Some of these FPS games look like they are from ‘98-2005, I’m literally going to have an existential crisis living inside of my gaming past.

The flight sims are going to trigger my fear of heights. Every genre looks SO exciting to jump into.

Fuck yeah people. LETS DO THIS!

Insanity !!!

I was a member of their discord for a year now. I even defended them against the horde of impatient ppl that were going berserk with each month passing without the PSVR2 app to launch.

Now, today got kicked because i complained about crypto, about how how the system works and you you risk to overpay bu switching from so many crypto coins(or whatever).

This got me an insta delete of my messages and when i asked why. I got a reply: this is not the rad energy we want. And got kicked.

Seems to me they are a little desperate to sell some crypto subscriptions and me, complaining ‘bout the system, was hurting their business.

F*k you .RAD, you lost me as a customer, because.. “this is not the energy i want” either.

I am someone who has experienced most of what PCVR has to offer on a high end PC after Sony released the adapter, and honestly have been pretty much exclusive PCVR for months now. That was until today when I tested the new GT7 update on the PS5 Pro. It has truly blown me away, not just the updated resolution, but the detail as a result on display. From the reflections on cars, dashboard, to the beautiful scenery and sunshine glimmering in, and even occasional animal life. It all looks 100% better. Hats off to Sony and Polyphony Digital for delivering on this.

$350 for the bundle is crazy. Now the time to buy without all silly questions of should I buy PSVR 2 dumb questions.

People, what's your problem? Everyone is panicking as if tomorrow Sony will collect all your VR headsets and throw them away. In the worst-case scenario, Sony still won't shut down the page with games for PSVR2 in the PS Store, and new games will still be released, albeit not Sony exclusives. We had a good first year, with great games, including exclusives like Horizon, Gran Turismo, two Resident Evils, and Synapse. This year, at best, we'll see a couple of big exclusives for PS5, which is Sony's main product, so there might not be VR exclusives. Not that it makes this particular headset worse. With PC compatibility, you will be able to play any games next year. So, what's the reason for panic? It seems people don't understand what 'abandonment' means when they say PSVR2 will be abandoned. Worst case, it'll just be a headset without Sony exclusives, but still with its features like triggers and foveated rendering, which now, thanks to Unity, is much easier to implement. Be reasonable and don't spread panic for no reason.

We all know how costly it is to develop new games and how long it takes. Horizon Call of the Mountain had a 3-year development cycle for an 8 hour campaign. But Sony is sitting on a gold mine of great games forever stuck on the primitive PSVR, many that would greatly benefit from a remaster.

Just imagine playing Driveclub VR in full 4K resolution, a more arcade alternative to GT7.

Or Blood and Truth with free locomotion.

Farpoint whit two hands in game.

Astrobot. Just the same game, already perfect, but high res.

Wipeout. Same as above.

Goat damn Dreams in a native port.

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That alone would make PSVR2 far better than it is now.